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Cost climbs as VAT digitisation process lies in limbo

The digitisation process of the value-added tax (VAT) system under the VAT online project (VOP) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) is in limbo due to the revenue board's foot-dragging in amending the relevant rules to support the automated system.The delay, however, has resulted in both time and cost...

Nation pays homage to 23 Bangladeshis before burial

Hardly was there a dry eye in Dhaka's army stadium as relatives of 23 victims of the US-Bangla plane crash burst into tears while receiving them dead during a state funeral Monday. A heart-wrenching scene descended over the big bowl as the mass funeral took place in the afternoon with...

Regulator asks DSE to submit revised proposal

Bangladesh's stock-market regulator finally expressed its inability to approve Chinese consortium's bidding offers for being strategic partner of the country's premier bourse. The securities regulator, however, asked the bidder to submit a 'revised' proposal on fulfilment of five conditions.The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) took the decision Monday in...

Putin secures six more years at Russia's helm

MOSCOW, Mar 19 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in his biggest ever election victory on Monday, extending his rule over the world's largest country for another six years at a time when his ties with the West are on a hostile trajectory.Putin's victory will take his political dominance of...

SC stays Khaleda's bail until May 08

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court stayed on Monday BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail until May 08 in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, reports UNB.A four-member appellate bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order.The SC also allowed the state and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to...

News Watch (20-03-2018)

Miscreants kill Natore Jubo League leader NATORE, Mar 19: A leader of a ward-unit Jubo League, a front organisation of the ruling Awami League, was hacked to death by assailants miscreants at Knanikhali in the district town on Sunday night. Imran Mandol, Sports Secretary of the Ward-4 unit of Jubo...

Prayer Timings-(20-03-2018)

Vehicles moving along the dilapidated road at Postogola crossing

Vehicles moving along the dilapidated road at Postogola crossing, which is full of big potholes, on Monday as the crossing remains unrepaired for long — FE photo